Automobile lock



Oct. 16, 1923. 1,470,662 W. BARNETT AUTOMOBILE LOCK Filed Jan. 5, 1920 1 wmwtoz I v 9G 3% citizen of t i Lock, 131011.

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WILLIAM anners, a; ronrnsnn, cans-01v.

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' Application filed January 3, 1920." Serial no. a iases T alien/tom marinara-corn." r

Be it known that I, WILLiAM-BARNn'rna he United States residing at Portland in thecounty of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements" in an Automobile of which the following is a specifica- My invention relates to new and useful improvements in an automobile lock and has for its principal object the provision of a lock adapted to be connected to the wheel of an automoblleto prevent. an unauthorized person from driving the automobile;

Another object of the invention resides in the construction of the lock in such a manner that it may encircle the tire of the wheel and at the same time engage one of the wheel spokes to prevent the look from being turned i one end as indicated at 5. v curved intermediate their ends to form the to either side.

A further object consists in the construction oi? the device in such a manner that it may be cheaply made to adapt itself to the use eta-ll automobile drivers and at the same time may be easily applied to the wheel or removed therefrom.

With these andother objects in view my invention consists in the novel details of construction and arrangement of, parts which willbe more clearly understood om the following; specification and drawings in which Figure 1 is a lock applied to an automobile wheel.

Figure 2 atop plan, and Figure'3 is an end View. In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the wheel rim; 2 the spokes, and 3 the tire. My improved lock is formed of two strips of metal .4 which are hingedly connected at arcuate' shaped portions 6 and as is more clearlyiillustrated"1n F1gure 2 of the drawings the two arcuate shaped portions, when the strips are brought together, form ac rcu receive the wheel r m 1 and- ]ar opening to 7 tire 3."

Right angled extensions 7 are formed on the free ends of the strips 4: and the ends of these extensions are-curved asindicated at 8 as more particularly illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings.

side elevation showing my he strips are Whenithe strips are" brought together the curved portions 8 of the two strips will form a circular opening adapted to receive one of the spokes 2 of the Wheel; 'An opening 9 is formed; in eachof the strips adjacentthe right angled extensions 7, and .the shackle of a lock 10 is adapted to he passed through the openings 9 to lock the strips 4 together. 7

From the above detailed description it is thought that the construction of my lock as well as the manner of using will be clearly understood. When the automobile driver leaves his automobile my lock is adaptedto be applied around the wheel as indicated more particularly in Figure 1 of the drawingsr To apply, the lock 10 is removed a-nd the strips l are swung upon the hinge 5. J77 hen the strips are thus open they are applied around the wheel as indicated and the opening formed by thearcuate shaped portions 6 will receive the rim 1 andtireB.

The curved extensions 8 of the right angled extensions 7 will fit around one of the spokes 2. W hen thus applied the shackle of the lock 10 is placed through the openings 9 and the strips will be secured together and when the wheel is turned the hinged end will engage the ground as shown more particularly inl igure 1 of the drawings. It will thus beseen that it will be impossible for any unauthorized person to drive away with the car. By having the curved extensions 8 engaging around a spoke it is impossible to swing the lock transversely so that it will extend to the side of the wheel; v I lay par ticular stress upon this feature'of my lockfl' for the reason that if I did not providc'tlie' means engaging the spokes an unauthorized person might deflate the tire and in this way turn the lock to the side. The strips 4 are made of sufiicient length ,to engage the ground a distance in front of the wheel so that it would be impossible to dr ve. I also lay particular advantage 1n the fact that my lock 18 adapted for use with a padlock of ordinary construction and if an automobile driver should lose his key it will be only necessary to replace the padlock. When the authorized person desires to drive the automobile he only removes the lock and swi'ngs'the strips 4 on the hinge 5 and thus removes the device from the wheel. The foregoing descr1pt1on and accompanying drawings have reference to what might be considered to be the approved, or preferred form of my invention. I desire it to be understood that I may make such changes in construction, combination and arran ement of arts materials dimensions 7 a a V 1 i 3 et' cetera, as may prove expedient and fall angles to. the piane of the .arcuate shaped Within the scope of the appended claim. 7 portions and burved into arcuat'e' shaped Having fully described my invention what spoke engaging members, and said strips vI claim as new and desire to secure for Let provided With apertures between the arcuate 15 5 ters Patent isz+ V i a 1 T shapedportio'ns for receiving a lock. V

A device ofthe class described including In testimony whereof I aflix niy signature a pair of strips hingedly connected at one in presence of two Witnesses; end, said strips being curved a distance from r v WILLIAM" BARNETT. 7 their hinged ends so as to form arcuate -Witnesses: V l shapedportions for-embracing a tire, the NATHALIE FRANoIs, free ends of the strips being offset at right 7 =J0SEPH HARRIS.- 

